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El Paso County Public Health

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World rank, all time
#31,177
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,589
of 7,310
Research works
123
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
El Paso County Public Health

Which fields of science does El Paso County Public Health work in?

In all years, 48% of research at El Paso County Public Health is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 59 fractional works · 48.1% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 35.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 23.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 17.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEl Paso CountyPublic Health123fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences23%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4435.6%
    2. Health Professions1310.5%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1613.1%
    2. Psychology54.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology86.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Neuroscience10.8%
    1. Environmental Science65.1%
    2. Computer Science21.5%
    3. Engineering21.4%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    9. Materials Science00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.79×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.44×0 works
  3. Health Professions5.08×1 works
  4. Psychology2.68×1 works
  5. Medicine2.02×3 works
  6. Mathematics1.73×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.08×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.62×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.52×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×0 works

Who are the top researchers at El Paso County Public Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Donald E. Woodhouse, Stephen Q. Muth and John J. Potterat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Paso County Public Health.

  1. 1 Donald E. Woodhouse United States · #726,910 worldwide 1.9k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Stephen Q. Muth United States · #749,907 worldwide 3.5k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 John J. Potterat United States · #865,525 worldwide 5.6k citations · 164 works
All ranked researchers at El Paso County Public Health

What are the most cited papers from El Paso County Public Health?

The most cited paper from El Paso County Public Health is "Social networks and infectious disease: The Colorado Springs study" (Alden S. Klovdahl, John J. Potterat, Donald E. Woodhouse et al., 1994), with 395 citations. Next come "Mortality in a Long-term Open Cohort of Prostitute Women" (269) and "NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC LOW-LEVEL LEAD ABSORPTION" (269).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Social networks and infectious disease: The Colorado Springs study Alden S. Klovdahl, John J. Potterat, Donald E. Woodhouse et al. · Social Science & Medicine 1994 395
2 Mortality in a Long-term Open Cohort of Prostitute Women John J. Potterat · American Journal of Epidemiology 29 Mar 2004 269
3 NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC LOW-LEVEL LEAD ABSORPTION PhilipJ. Landrigan, RobertW. Baloh, WilliamF Barthel et al. · The Lancet Mar 1975 269
4 Social network dynamics and HIV transmission RICHARD B. ROTHENBERG, John J. Potterat, Donald E. Woodhouse et al. · AIDS Aug 1998 242
5 Height, weight and menarcheal age of Oslo schoolchildren during the last 60 years Gro Harlem Brundtland, Knut Liestøl, Lars Walløe · Annals of Human Biology 1980 216
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Which keywords describe research at El Paso County Public Health?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine, Risk Factors, Substance Abuse, Pathogenesis, HIV Transmission and HIV.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology22▲ 4.4×57 topics
  2. Public Health14▲ 8.3×22 topics
  3. Risk Factors7▲ 5.2×14 topics
  4. Vaccine6▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Substance Abuse6▲ 64×2 topics
  6. Mental Health5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  7. Pathogenesis5▲ 7.7×10 topics
  8. HIV Transmission5▲ 47×2 topics
  9. HIV5▲ 32×4 topics
  10. Immune Response5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  11. HIV/AIDS4▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 15×2 topics
  13. drug use4▲ 119×1 topic
  14. harm reduction4▲ 119×1 topic
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Development4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  17. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 9.8×7 topics
  18. Mortality Rates3▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Health Promotion3▲ 8.6×7 topics
  20. Viral Load3▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Adolescent Health3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Drug Resistance3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  23. Geographic Information Systems3▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Prevention3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  27. Impact3▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Sub-Saharan Africa3▲ 152×1 topic
  29. HIV Prevention3▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Sexual Behavior3▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Health Education2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Epidemiological Studies2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Infectious Diseases2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  35. Occupational Health2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Health Promoting Schools2▲ 79×1 topic
  37. School Health Promotion2▲ 79×1 topic
  38. Sexually Transmitted Infections2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Stigma2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Vaginal Microbiome2▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does El Paso County Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Body Contouring and Surgery, Community Health and Development, Healthcare Systems and Public Health and Educational Methods and Impacts.

Body Contouring and Surg…0Body Contouring and Surgery: 0 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…0Community Health and Development: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…0Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksEducational Methods and …0Educational Methods and Impacts: 0 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 0 fractional worksStudent Stress and Coping: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…0Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health…0Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…0COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence0Criminal Law and Evidence: 0 fractional works
SurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyEducation4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 0 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Student Stress and Coping Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has El Paso County Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is El Paso County Public Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%El Paso County Public Health0.000018% in 202519801990200020102020

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